King Charles III and Queen Camilla have arrived at a lavish state banquet as part of their three-day state visit to France, six months after the trip was postponed because of widespread rioting.

King Charles III of the United Kingdom starts a three-day state visit to France on Wednesday meant to highlight the friendship between the two nations with great pomp, after the trip was postponed in March amid widespread demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension changes.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla have completed a historic three-day visit to France. The trip which was scheduled to be the first overseas visit of the British monarch had been postponed due to unrest in France and the royal couple had proceeded to Germany.

Charles and Camilla are old hands at touring France. As king and queen, however, the exercise of soft power on a state visit comes with special meaning.

King Charles III is to address French lawmakers, meet with sports groups in Paris northern suburbs and pay a visit to Notre-Dame cathedral as part of his state visit to France.

It probably goes without saying that in all her many visits to France, the late Queen Elizabeth never once picked up a table tennis bat, let alone challenged th

The King and Queen have completed their three-day state visit to France, taking in Paris and Bordeaux. The trip aimed to highlight the friendship between the two nations with great pomp, after the trip was postponed in March.

And the diplomatic highpoint - speaking in the Senate. Speaking to those involved, the King's address - mostly delivered in French - hit the spot. The set-piece moments matter, they are a diplomatic display of friendship.

Britain’s King Charles has branded global warming “our most existential challenge” a day after UK prime minister Rishi Sunak scaled back key green efforts to tackle the climate crisis.